The same behavior I had on my Squeeze installation on a ARM based IOmega Iconnect.
After some searching through the web I found a solution on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1583328 With theses changes my denyhosts works as aspected. > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 6.0.4 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (500, 'stable') > Architecture: armel (armv5tel) > > Kernel: Linux 3.2.7-iconnect > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages denyhosts depends on: > ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init > scrip > ii python 2.6.6-3+squeeze6 interactive high-level > object-orie > ii python-central 0.6.16+nmu1 register and build utility for > Pyt > > denyhosts recommends no packages. > > denyhosts suggests no packages. > > -- Configuration Files: > /etc/denyhosts.conf changed [not included] > > -- no debconf information -- Regards Carsten Schönert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org